The Michigan freshman quarterback has only been on campus for two and a half months, he's only been through a handful of organized practices and everything around him is brand new.

But listen to him speak, and you won't get that impression.

Everything may be new, but the new man on the Michigan quarterback totem pole sounds like he knows what he's doing.

"I just always tell myself, if I don't think I'm the best quarterback here, I won't be the best quarterback here," Speight told MGoBlue.com after practice Tuesday. "Not to have a cocky mentality, but a very confident mentality that I've got to be the man who has to make plays for this offense to win."

A 6-foot-6, 230-pounder from Richmond, Va., Speight originally committed to Michigan to play for Brady Hoke and learn under former offensive coordinator Al Borges.

That plan has changed a bit, though, Borges is out, and Doug Nussmeier is in.

That may sound like a major hiccup, but for Speight, it really isn't -- as Nussmeier recruited the prep All-American pretty heavily during his days with Nick Saban at Alabama.

At this point, Speight is sharing reps with all of Michigan's quarterbacks in spring camp. He's got serious ground to make up in the race for the starting job behind Devin Gardner and Shane Morris, but apparently, he's preparing as if he could be under center tomorrow.

“Wilton’s got game. He can play," Gardner said Tuesday. "He makes good decisions and he’s a good quarterback. He’s definitely a threat for Shane and I.”

Life moves fast for a college freshman. Life moves as a blur.

For Speight, it's class, living in a new place, living with new people, getting used to new surroundings -- and trying to learn how to play quarterback at a major Division I program.

He doesn't have much free time, but he doesn't really seem to mind.

He came to Michigan to go to school and play quarterback. And so far, that's all he's focused on.

"With coach Nuss here being new, everyone's kind of having to start from square one and study as much as they can," Speight said. "That's what I've been trying to do -- keep my nose in the playbook night after night.

"I get my studies out of the way, make sure I'm good with my classes, then it's back to the dorm where I write up plays on the white board on my wall and do as many reps as possible."